Pathfinder Creature Parser - Alpha release

[Talen]

For Bestiary 2 - apart from the Offense spacing issue - what other changes di you have to make if any with the new parser?

[Koryn]

For Bestiary 2 - apart from the Offense spacing issue - what other changes did you have to make if any with the new parser?

I haven't had to make any changes to the Bestiary 2 creatures using the newest version of the parser (1.0.0.9).

[Trenloe]

For Bestiary 2 - apart from the Offense spacing issue - what other changes di you have to make if any with the new parser?

Sometimes copying out of the Paizo PDF spaces also appear in the CR (i.e. "C R") which will break the parser - as checking for " cr " is a major part of the initial parsing - as it's the first consistent text that is present in the creature stat block.

[wbcreighton]

Out of curiousity: Where are you copying the text from a pdf or the paizo web site ?

I think the Bestiary 2 is on the web site correct ?

https://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/...sterIndex.html

After you do the bestiary 2 will you make it available ?

[Trenloe]

I'm copying from the PDF. You can use the PRD on the website, but you'll have to do additional formatting - remove all blank lines and the lines around the section titles.

[Dershem]

I'm parsing creatures from Jade reagent and getting some issue's with 2 of them I can't figure out... here is the text... scratch that text sent in pm..

[Trenloe]

I'm parsing creatures from Jade reagent and getting some issue's with 2 of them I can't figure out... here is the text... scratch that text sent in pm..

Hi Talysian - thanks for trying the Parser and for forwarding on details of your issue.

For reference of others: there are typo errors in some of the Jade Regent creatures. They are missing a comma (,) after the strength statistic. For example:

STATISTICS
Str 1 Dex 18,

Which should actually be:

STATISTICS
Str 1, Dex 18,

I haven't looked at the Jade Regent creatures too much as I'm probably going to be a player in that adventure path soon. Just check that each creature has properly formatted statistics and you should be OK.

[Trenloe]

After you do the bestiary 2 will you make it available ?

Yes, I'll make it available as a module. I've been away at PiazoConOz playing lots of Pathfinder so haven't been able to improve on my 30% completion. Now I'm back I'll continue on the copy/paste-fest that is needed...

[Talen]

So in playing "Where's Waldo", where's the error in the following text file?

Giant Amoeba CR 1
xp 100
N Small ooze (aquatic)
Init –5; Senses blindsight 30 ft.; Perception –5
Defense
AC 6, touch 6, flat-footed 6 (–5 Dex, +1 size)
hp 15
Fort +3, Ref –5, Will –5
Defensive Abilities ooze traits
Offense
Speed 10 ft., climb 10 ft., swim 20 ft.
Melee slam +3 (1d3+1 plus 1d3 acid and grab)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Special Attacks constrict (1d3+1 plus 1d3 acid)
Statistics
Str 12, Dex 1, Con 16, Int —, Wis 1, Cha 1
Base Atk +1; CMB +1 (+5 grapple); CMD 6 (can’t be tripped)
Skills Climb +9, Swim +9
SQ amphibious

[Trenloe]

So in playing "Where's Waldo", where's the error in the following text file?

Giant Amoeba CR 1
xp 100
N Small ooze (aquatic)
Init –5; Senses blindsight 30 ft.; Perception –5
Defense
AC 6, touch 6, flat-footed 6 (–5 Dex, +1 size)
hp 15
Fort +3, Ref –5, Will –5

There's no hitdice on the HP line, make the line: hp 15 (2d8+6)

If you didn't know, the giant Amoeba is in the Bestiary 2 module too!